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Friday Grab Bag, March 14, 2025

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5 soldiers on skis are taught by a ski instructor.
Pikes Peak Ski Run Used for Casualty Reconditioning. Camp Carson Mountaineer, March 22, 1945

The Friday Grab Bag is a weekly series that highlights fun, unique, and interesting happenings in Colorado libraries, and includes news from the Colorado State Library. Let’s open the Friday Grab Bag!

Library Events & Programs

Creative Outlets

A young girl peers out from an island made of paper leaves.
Stranded in Amazonia. The Colorado Transcript, March 18, 1965

Summit County Libraries invites adults and teens to Terrible Painting Night on April 24, 4:00 to 6:00 pm, at the Main Library. Come experience the joy of bad painting in the spirit of fun and camaraderie.

Estes Valley Library is celebrating Maker March with a variety of crafting events, including Scrape Art Painting on March 18. Using scrapers and acrylic paint you’ll create two unique works of art that you can bring home.

Longmont Public Library’s annual Peeps Diorama Contest is in full swing. Between now and April 10, drop off your book-themed diorama to be entered into the prize drawing on April 18. All dioramas will be on public display from April 11 to 18.

Fun for Teens

High Plains Library District invites teens to LINC on March 19 to answer the important question: Will It Pancake? Teens will mix, pour, and flip their way to pancake perfection by creating unique and imaginative pancake designs.

Bemis Public Library’s Teen Takeover event on March 19 is Build-a-Box-Fort. Teens will work as a team to design, build, and decorate an enormous cardboard structure.

Poudre Libraries is celebrating their Teen Corner Grand Opening with an open house on March 18 at Old Town Library. Come see the new space while you enjoy food, music, games, and crafts.

Signs of Spring

A young woman and an older man celebrate St. Patrick's Day with green paint.
The Green to Rise on High in Denver. The Rocky Mountain News Daily, March 17, 1965

Douglas County Libraries is offering Spring Gardening with a CSU Master Gardener from April 12 – May 10 at various branch locations. The series will cover topics such as seed starting, choosing native plants, and attracting pollinators.

Eagle Valley Library District will host Denyse Shreneker from CSU’s Extension Office for the series Gardening at Altitude at Gypsum Public Library. The topic for March 31 is Peaks and Petals, while the April workshop will explore Vegetables at Altitude.

Englewood Public Library is throwing a Chick Hatching Birthday Party on March 20 at 2:00 pm. Children are invited to celebrate the arrival of the chicks that they have observed growing at earlier candleing events.

A young woman plays pool while another woman and two men look on.
Coeds Invade the Game Room. The Rocky Mountain Collegian, March 15, 1945

What’s New from the Colorado State Library

Colorado State Publications Library

Colorado’s Scenic and Historic Byways: Grand Mesa

Learning Opportunities

All events are online except where a location is noted.

Library Jobline

Are you considering a job change this year? Check out Library Jobline for hot new library employment opportunities, like this selection from around Colorado.

Two women wearing work clothes shovel frozen sand.
Women Working on the Railroad, Load Sand. The Ignacio Chieftain, March 16, 1945

This post is part of the Spotlight on Sharing initiative, which aims to increase the visibility of Colorado library programs and resource sharing. Do you have a story from your library to share? Email Amy Hitchner, hitchner_a@cde.state.co.us.

All images are from the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection, a service of Colorado State Library.

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